Queensland Numbered Acts

HEALTH AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 - SECT 10

10 Amendment of s 19 (Meaning of pest management activity, fumigation activity and pest control activity)

Section 19 (2) and (3) —
omit, insert—

(2) A person carries out a
"fumigation activity" if the person prepares or uses a substance to do any of the following activities when the substance becomes gaseous—

(a) kill a pest;

(b) sterilise grain or seed to prevent germination;

(c) treat soil in which pests might be living;

(d) another activity prescribed by regulation.

(3) A person carries out a
"pest control activity" if the person prepares or uses a substance to do any of the following activities, other than a fumigation activity—

(a) kill, repel or stupefy a pest;

(b) inhibit the feeding of a pest;

(c) modify the physiology of a pest to alter its natural development or reproductive capacity.